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Body lice can spread from one person to another when the environmental conditions are crowded and unhygienic.

The urge to diet or engage in other behaviours to change your size, shape or weight is almost always prompted by feeling dissatisfied with your body.

Body contouring is surgery to remove sagging skin and extra fat, and improve the shape and tone of underlying tissue.

Your body image is how you think and feel about your body. Although traditionally thought of as a women's health concern, body image issues can affect men and people of all ages and genders.

Along with nicotine, people who smoke inhale about 7,000 other chemicals in cigarette smoke. Many of these chemicals come from burning tobacco leaf. Some of these compounds are chemically active and trigger profound and damaging changes in the body.

A negative body image increases the risk of engaging in unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, such as dieting or restrictive eating, overexercising and other disordered eating or weight control behaviours.

People with body dysmorphic disorder constantly worry about the way they look.

Body mass index or BMI is an approximate measure of your total body fat.

Give your child opportunities to appreciate their body for what it can do, rather than what it looks like.

Boys’ bodies come in all shapes and sizes. As you get older and go through puberty, you will become more aware of your body and how it compares with others.